Prosecutors say a non-US citizen admitted to traveling from Georgia to Lake County where he picked up a child, whom he had been soliciting explicit material from online, before detectives rescued the girl near Libertyville. Jordy Alexis Fuerte Perez, 24, of Norcross, Georgia, was charged with two counts of solicitation of child pornography, a Class […]
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‘A parent’s worst nightmare’: Detectives rescue Gurnee child after Georgia man drives to Lake County to meet her
Detectives rescued a Gurnee-area child who went missing and was found Saturday in the car of a man who traveled from Georgia to Lake County to meet her, with the sheriff saying it is a “parent’s worst nightmare.” The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:40 a.m. Saturday to a home in unincorporated Gurnee for […]
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Man arrested after allegedly sexually abusing child in Algonquin, then telling her ‘you earned yourself some food’
Prosecutors say a man told a child, whom he solicited on Snapchat, “you earned yourself some food,” and took her to eat after he sexually abused her in the parking lot of a store in Algonquin. Yan C. Moreno-Martinez, 26, of Carpentersville, was charged with production of child sexual abuse material, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, […]
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30 months in prison for former MTV star who tried to meet up with child for sex in Lake County
A former MTV star has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after prosecutors said he tried meeting up with a child for sex in Lake County, fled from police and went on the run for over a year. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division began working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal […]
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Pre-trial release denied for former MTV star who was wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex
A judge denied pre-trial release for a former MTV star who prosecutors say tried meeting up with a child for sex and led police on a brief chase before going on the run for over a year. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service […]
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Former MTV star extradited back to Lake County after being wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex
A former MTV star who was on the run for over a year was extradited back to Lake County on Tuesday on charges of attempting to meet with a child for a sexual encounter. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) last year. […]
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Former MTV star arrested after being wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex in Lake County
A former MTV star who was on the run for over a year has been arrested on charges of attempting to meet with a child for a sexual encounter in Lake County. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) last year. The agencies […]
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Man arrested after allegedly communicating with undercover officer posing as 12-year-old child, traveling to meet for sex in Lake Forest
A Wisconsin man was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly traveled to a Lake Forest park to meet and have sex with a 12-year-old girl, who was actually an undercover officer. Brian Ivy, 51, of Racine, Wisconsin, was charged with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child and one count of traveling to meet […]
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Detectives arrest man who drove from Ohio to Lake County to allegedly meet child for sexual encounter
Sheriff’s officials say an Ohio man traveled from his home in Ohio to Lake County to meet who he thought was a young child for a sexual encounter after communicating with her online. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) concluded an investigation on Monday into Zachary S. […]